Bail joint



Simmel,

Jan. 22, 1924. 1 1,481,631

' E. E. SWIFT RAIL JOINT' Filed July 20, 1923 Z'Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented Jan. 22, 1924.

unire jsurvres EVERT E. SWIFT, OF CHILLICO'IIIE, ILLINOIS.

'RAIL JOINT.

Application filed July 2G,

Toczll whom #may concern Be itkno'wn that I, Evnn'r E. SWIFT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chillicothe, in the county ofPeoria and State of illinois, have invented certain new l and useful Improvements in Rail Joints, of

which the following is .a specification.

.This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in* railway Y joints of the type employing joint chairs integrally formed on fishplates.

A11-object ofthe invention is to provide a joint ofthe above kindbyzmeansof which longitudianl creeping of therailsiwillbefef- :fee-tively prevented, whereby va relatively large lateral bearing is had upon the ties for preventing lateral tilting or displacement of the rails, whereby the usual objectionable pounding at the meeting rail ends is substantially eliminated, and through the use of which the above beneficial results are obtained in a sim-ple and efiicient manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device embodying the above features in an extremely simple and durable construction of parts capable of being expeditiously applied by unskilled labor and capable of being manufactured at an extremely low cost. j

With the above general features in View, and others that will become apparent as the nature of' the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of members hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure A1 is a top plan view oi a rail joint constructed in accordance with the present invent-ion.

y Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken substantially upon line 3--3 of Figure 1.

'Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the combined joint chairs and fish plates, drawn on a smaller scale, and

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 of the other combined joint chair and fish plate.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, 5 indicates the meeting ends of the rail sections to be joined, and in accordance with the present invention, the same are bolted to- 1923. Serial No. 652,744.

gether bymeans ofbolts 6 passing through thel webs ofthe same yand through the fish plate portions 7 4and 8, respectively, ofthe combined chairs .and fish pla-tes yshown respectively at-9 and 10 in Figures 4 and 5.

rl`he fish plate `portion 7 engagefthe ball ofthe rail as at-11 andhas an upwardly extending flange 12 whose ends are bevelas at 13 solas to extend below the upper surfaces of the balls of the rail for thereby providing inclined surfaces between a relatively long fiat surface, it being understood that the fiat surface is slightly above the plane of the uppergsurfaces of the balls ofthe railso'that when the car wheels approach the joint they are elevated bythe fish plates f7 for bridging the joint without the usual objectionable pounding. In this way the depression of one rail end below adapted to rest upon the upper surface of the ties. In order to insure sustaining of the weight upon the fish plate portion 7 the latter is braced as at 16 by means of transversely extending braces provided between the upper surface of the base 14 and the outer surface of the fish plate portion 7.

The base 14 of the member 9 is divided mo three uniformly spaced sections, and be.- tween each two of the sections is a dependent member 17 which has a transverse opening L 18 adapted to be alined with a similar opening 19 provided in each of the similar dependent members 2O provided on the base of the member 10.

As shown in Figures 1, 3, 4 and 5, the sections of the bases 14 of the members 9 and 10 project outwardly a considerable distance beyond the members 17 and 20 so as to provide a relatively wide bearing upon the ties, and as the members 17 and 2O will project downwardly between adjacent sides of the ties, longitudinal creeping of the rail will be effectively prevented.

For assisting in preventing longitudinal creeping of the rails and for preventing spreading of the latter, the outer edges of the sections of the bases 14 are provided is of a form to` posed upon the rails thereby preventing thev above-mentioned depression of one rail end below the other. y

It will `be found that-a rail joint Constructed in accordance lwith the above will be characterized by having a relative@T long period ot' usefulness without requiring repair or renewal ot parts, and lateral tilting ot the rails as well as `iongitudinal creeping and spreading thereof will be effectively prevented so that loss ot lite trom wrecks caused through these sources will be greatly minimized. c Y

Minor changes may be made withoutI departing tro-m the spirit and scope ot' the invention as claimed.

What l claim as new is:

A rail joint including a pair of cooperan ing members, each member being formed of a relatively long casting provided in the `tending walls on said members formed 'for engagement with the underside of said rail head, one of said members having a wheel bearing Flange extending trom the upwardly extending wall bevelled at the ends thereof, and stress receiving sections between the wheel tia-nge, side walls, and ytie engaging eX- tensions for distributing stress to said extensions in line with the central portion thereoil and having spike receiving notches for receiving the spikes to secure the member to the respective ties, said members having portions depending below and between the tie extensions7 securing means connecting the members carried by said depending portion, and securing elements connecting the upwardly extending Walls and the rails for assembling the joints.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

EVERT E. SWIFT. 

